The key Players in managing the impact of Tectonic disasters Using pages 39 - 41 in your text and
PowerPoint 24 and the Pakistan template for lesson 24; all of which can be found on the New Y12
Geography /Tectonics secton of the VLE: Produce a spider diagram of the key players and what their
role might be in managing the impact of disasters Complete the template about the earthquake in
Pakistan. You may wish to do more research on this. Read through the secton ttled ‘Hyogo and
Sendai approach to disaster management’ on Page 41. Answer the following questons: What is the
Sendai framework? What are the aims of the Sendai framework? What does it focus on?
On October the 8th 2005 a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck south Asia, Pakistan and Kashmir were
partcularly badly hit. The areas hit worst were mainly mountainous areas, which made both the
search and rescue and the long-term reconstructon diicult. The roads, water and sanitaton
facilites were destroyed leaving the populaton in desperate need of internatonal aid.
NGOs responded immediately, by providing:
Over 500,000 tents and 6 million blankets
Safe water for over 700,000 people
Food and clothing
Emergency medical care
Short-term aid included:
More permanent shelters were built
Water supplies were re-established
Roads were rebuilt or re-routed
In 2007, most NGOs (including the Red Cross and Oxfam) moved their aid from relief operatons into
the recovery phase. Over the next fve years:
New schools, medical centres and homes were built
Community based disaster risk reducton programmes were developed.
Assess the role of the key players in managing loss (6 marks)
The key players have an extremely important role when it comes to dealing with the loss that a
country has afer a natural disaster. For example the insurance companies ensure that people get
the money that they are enttled to in order to cover the costs of their homes, personal belongings
and to be able to reconstruct their community. The more damage the insurance companies can
cover in their costs the easier the reconstructon will be meaning that there will be a faster recovery.
In additon, the governments play a large role in the preparaton stage of the hazard management
cycle as they have to provide the populaton with a plan for if a hazard does occur. This includes
organising drills and installing warning systems to practce with so that the citzens know what to do
if a hazard strikes. For example in Japan the government do annual drills for earthquakes to ensure a
quick response from the people. Furthermore, the communites play a large role in managing loss
especially if they are in rural areas that will take large amounts of tme to reach by NGOs and aid
companies and so the community are crucial when it comes to immediate search and rescue. Aid
donors are just as important as they provide countries with immediate aid like food, fresh water and
PowerPoint 24 and the Pakistan template for lesson 24; all of which can be found on the New Y12
Geography /Tectonics secton of the VLE: Produce a spider diagram of the key players and what their
role might be in managing the impact of disasters Complete the template about the earthquake in
Pakistan. You may wish to do more research on this. Read through the secton ttled ‘Hyogo and
Sendai approach to disaster management’ on Page 41. Answer the following questons: What is the
Sendai framework? What are the aims of the Sendai framework? What does it focus on?
On October the 8th 2005 a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck south Asia, Pakistan and Kashmir were
partcularly badly hit. The areas hit worst were mainly mountainous areas, which made both the
search and rescue and the long-term reconstructon diicult. The roads, water and sanitaton
facilites were destroyed leaving the populaton in desperate need of internatonal aid.
NGOs responded immediately, by providing:
Over 500,000 tents and 6 million blankets
Safe water for over 700,000 people
Food and clothing
Emergency medical care
Short-term aid included:
More permanent shelters were built
Water supplies were re-established
Roads were rebuilt or re-routed
In 2007, most NGOs (including the Red Cross and Oxfam) moved their aid from relief operatons into
the recovery phase. Over the next fve years:
New schools, medical centres and homes were built
Community based disaster risk reducton programmes were developed.
Assess the role of the key players in managing loss (6 marks)
The key players have an extremely important role when it comes to dealing with the loss that a
country has afer a natural disaster. For example the insurance companies ensure that people get
the money that they are enttled to in order to cover the costs of their homes, personal belongings
and to be able to reconstruct their community. The more damage the insurance companies can
cover in their costs the easier the reconstructon will be meaning that there will be a faster recovery.
In additon, the governments play a large role in the preparaton stage of the hazard management
cycle as they have to provide the populaton with a plan for if a hazard does occur. This includes
organising drills and installing warning systems to practce with so that the citzens know what to do
if a hazard strikes. For example in Japan the government do annual drills for earthquakes to ensure a
quick response from the people. Furthermore, the communites play a large role in managing loss
especially if they are in rural areas that will take large amounts of tme to reach by NGOs and aid
companies and so the community are crucial when it comes to immediate search and rescue. Aid
donors are just as important as they provide countries with immediate aid like food, fresh water and
